Valparaiso University men's golf senior Anthony Delisanti (Sanborn, N.Y. / Niagara Wheatfield) added yet another victory to his trophy case, establishing a new program record for 54-hole overall score en route to winning medalist honors at the 93-player Ram Masters Invitational, hosted by Colorado State at Fort Collins CC in Erie, Colo. this week.

How It Happened

• Delisanti delivered a Round-3 score of 67 (-3) on Wednesday, closing out the 54-hole tournament with a 197 (-13). He beat Colorado State's Jake Rodgers by four strokes for the top spot. Delisanti had four birdies in the final round, including a stretch of three straight on Holes 5, 6 and 7.
• The team's second-best third-round score came courtesy of Rodrigo Garcia Teruel (Puebla, Mexico / Modern Academy) at 72 (+2). He finished the tournament at 219 (+9), 66^th overall.
• The team's second-best performer in terms of 54-hole score was Sam Booth (Carmel, Ind. / Carmel), who carded a 217 (+7) to place 58^th including a 74 (+4) on Tuesday.
• Host Colorado State won the event at 818 (-22). The Beacons were 11^th of 16 in an incredibly tough field at 853 (+13) including a 286 (+6) in Round 3.

Inside the Tournament

• Delisanti had the first sub-200 54-hole tournament score in program history. He beat his previous record in terms of 54-hole overall score by three strokes – a 200 at the 2023 MVC Championship.
• Delisanti's 54-hole score in relation to par of 13 under is tied for third in program history. Delisanti (2024 National Golf Invitational) and Caleb VanArragon (2023 Valpo Fall Invitational) share the program record, which is -15.
• This marked Delisanti's first tournament win since closing the 2023-24 campaign by capturing the National Golf Invitational crown.
• Delisanti took medalist honors for the seventh time in his career.
• The tournament win represented his 22^nd career top-10 finish.
• Dating back to last season, Delisanti has finished in the top five in five consecutive tournaments.

Thoughts from Head Coach Dave Gring

"We had another terrific day of weather and conditions for the final round of the tournament. We started on one of the toughest holes on the golf course, but we were able to make seven birdies in the first nine holes, along with a lot of pars. We finished the first nine holes as a team at even par. We made the turn to the back nine, but we played those first four holes at six over. We were able to get five birdies back in the middle of that back nine, but unfortunately, we gave four shots back on the final two holes."

"Every tournament is quality experience for us and we had two of our starting five playing their second tournament for our team. We still need to get a lot better with our tee shots and getting ourselves in position to have high percentage iron shots into the greens. We missed a lot of fairways today and that led to a number of bogies and us scrambling around the golf course. We're going to need to continue to work on our putting and allowing us more scoring opportunities in competition."

"Anthony put in a lot of practice this summer and played in a lot of quality tournaments. He has been very meticulous with his preparation for both of these tournaments to start our season and his body of work thus far is exemplary. His putting was tremendous all three rounds, and he had a lot of shots close to the pin to put him in position to make birdie. Anthony made three birdies in three of his last five holes and that was huge, since his lead at that time was only one shot. Our team is thrilled for his individual victory and we're already looking forward to our next tournament."

Up Next

The Beacons will make their way back to Colorado for the Mark Simpson Colorado Invite beginning on Monday, Sept. 30 at Colorado National Golf Course in Erie, Colo. A link to live scoring will be available on ValpoAthletics.com.